Parenting Quotes · Page 343

My father is not that comfortable with children, but he's a terrific father for an adult.

— Christie Hefner

“If you pull some lame-ass 'I'm your father' bullshit, right now, I'm going to lose it.”

— Martin Leicht

A mother's prayers, silent and gentle, can never miss the road to the throne of all bounty.

— Henry Ward Beecher

My whole family, my father's side, there was a great deal of depression, and my mother's side as well.

— Dorothy Hamill

People often ask me if my parents helped me. My mother did lend me $10 to register the domain name.

— Leandra Medine

My mother was really amazing and left me with a whole lot of treasures. I miss her terribly.

— Dianne Reeves

In my mind, I always knew what my father looked like.

— Tom Stoppard

Losing a parent is tough and its something I hate to see others go through.

— Anonymous

My father was a teacher, and there were teachers all around, his friends, they were working for the Government and their behaviour…

— C. L. R. James

I always preferred my father's pasta the next day, when he'd put it in a hot oven with heaps of extra cheese.…

— Yotam Ottolenghi

“How often a mother initiated a conversation with her child was not predictive of the language outcomes—what mattered was, if the infant…

— Po Bronson

My father would never let me win at chess, so when I did beat him he was really, really proud. I was…

— Rachel Reeves

“Mother says as th' two worst things as can happen to a child is never have his own way-- or always to…

— Frances Hodgson Burnett

I had inherited what my father called the art of the advocate, or the irritating habit of looking for the flaw in…

— John Mortimer

My parents were all into macrobiotic cooking and natural cooking, and my sister was a vegetarian. I wasn't down with that.

— Guy Fieri

Loving fathers give their children boundaries so they won't get hurt and can live with peace and purpose.

— Jennifer Rothschild

O God, I confess I am not worthy to rock that little babe or wash its diapers, or to be entrusted with…

— Elisabeth Elliot

“My father had been a copper miner, uncles and grandfathers worked in the mines for the Union Pacific. So to me, sitting…

— Barbara Ehrenreich

Anyway, why would you trust anything written down? She certainly didn't trust "Mothers of Borogravia!" and that was from the government. And…

— Terry Pratchett

“After all, the media have been and are the major dispenser of the ideals and norms surrounding motherhood: Millions of us have…

— Susan J. Douglas

Hi..I'm Maggie..single mother, helicopter pilot, native of San Francisco..SF 49er Fan, SF Giants fan. Next to my sons, cooking and travelling are…

— Maggie Daniels

I knew that our time together was almost over, I asked her if she liked sports, she asked me if I liked…

— Jonathan Safran Foer

“French parents don't worry that they're going to damage their kids by frustrating them. To the contrary, they think their kids will…

— Pamela Druckerman

I have always appreciated that my mother never really saw them as barriers until she broke them. I think she always went…

— Jessica Pegula

I know what it's like to struggle and to have those concerns that all mothers have.

— Ann Romney

My father was a trained engineer who got his qualifications at night school.

— David Starkey

My brothers are my backbone. My parents are my oxygen. I can't live without them.

— David Cook

Darkness, thou first great parent of us all, Thou art our great original!

— Thomas Yalden

The Iraqi forces are conducting the Mother of all Retreats.

— Dick Cheney

My parents always felt if I worked hard enough I could make any dream come true.

— Derek Jeter

No, my father passed away when I was 13 years old. I was very young.

— Carlos Slim

“My mother and I, we both speak Dutch and English. But we never could speak the same language”

— Gayle Forman

My parents were both storytellers. They always spoke with metaphorical richness.

— Alice Walker

I dig my father. I wish he could open his eyes and dig me.

— Peter Fonda

My mother has always been the social glue holding the family together.

— Kim Kardashian

You know it's time to grow up when your parents make you go to doctor appointments by yourself...

— Anonymous

My mother always said I should have a back-up profession if the acting doesn't work out.

— Gina Bellman

Your parents may not be perfect, but they are the most perfect gift God has ever given you.

— Anonymous

The Godhead consists of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. The Father is a material being.

— Orson Pratt

Warhol wanted to put me in a film, but my mother wouldn't let me.

— Patti D'Arbanville